Rudolf Schweitzer–Cumpăna
Rudolf Schweitzer-Cumpăna (May 7, 1886 – February 17, 1975) was a Romanian painter. Rudolf Schweitzer–Cumpăna was born in Pitești into an ethnic German family, he finished high school in his native town before attending the Royal Academy of Arts at Berlin from 1904 to 1909, studying under Erich Hancke, Arthur Kampf and Anton von Werner. He then returned to Romania, where he worked prodigiously on scenes and portraits drawn from village life, houses, still lifes, churches and monasteries.
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Rudolf Schweitzer–Cumpăna
- Born
- 1886 · Pitești.
- Died
- 1975 · Bucharest.
- Nationality
- Romania
- Occupation
- painter · writer
- Fields
- painting · watercolor painting
- Movements
- realism · Tinerimea artistică · Fine Arts Union
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris · Berlin University of the Arts · Prussian Academy of Arts
- Honours
- Order of Cultural Merit
- Languages
- Romanian
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Born at Pitești in 1886, died in Bucharest in 1975.
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Rudolf Schweitzer–Cumpăna (7 May 1886 – 17 February 1975) is described as a painter in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Rudolf Schweitzer–Cumpăna was born on 7 May 1886 in Piteşti and died on 17 February 1975 in Bucharest.
Rudolf Schweitzer–Cumpăna studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris, Berlin University of the Arts and Prussian Academy of Arts. Vasile Grigore and Octav Grigorescu are recorded as having studied under Rudolf Schweitzer–Cumpăna. The recorded working language is Romanian. The field of work recorded is painting and watercolor painting. Anton von Werner and Arthur Kampf are recorded as an influence. Distinctions recorded are Order of Cultural Merit.
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